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[Sethos]

Screen shots are so 2005...game looks way better in motion

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

 

[SniperHunter]

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

just my personal opinion, I don't care about screen shots at all.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Vids are popping up on Youtube.

PC Ultra settings 1080p gameplay

SP looks, visually, great in this level. MP, on the other hand...

Wow, not gonna lie: I thought the very first scene in the water was CGI.

 

[Lucifon]

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

Sorry but I have to agree with SniperHunter. For the exact reason you said above - when you're playing the game you don't sit there studying it closely unless you're looking for flaws. In motion is how it's actually going to look when you're playing - that's what's important.

 

[EatChildren]

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

If your only benchmark for looking good is texture resolution and overall artistic vision then sure. But come on. Show me an image of a game and I have no way of knowing if there's an impressive real time lighting/shadow engine, or if the entire scene is static and prebaked. There's plenty of merit behind the "looks better in motion" argument, beyond awful blur filters smothering everything, in a medium inherently built on rendering complex lighting, shadow and shader dynamics in real time.

 

[Cudder]

Wow, not gonna lie: I thought the very first scene in the water was CGI.

wat. I skipped it because I thought it was lol.

 

[Sethos]

Sorry but I have to agree with SniperHunter. For the exact reason you said above - when you're playing the game you don't sit there studying it closely unless you're looking for flaws. In motion is how it's actually going to look when you're playing - that's what's important.

Guess we're playing games differently.

 

[legacyzero]

well, you cant fault the game for not being pretty at least. that mission at the ship yard was pretty damn awesome. Scripted as fuck, but awesome.

 

[i-Lo]

He is using HBAO, not SSAO.

Why is it so inaccurate? Sometimes it looks like a black halo surrounding an object (gun, hand etc).

 

[Lucifon]

make sure you've quit Origin and it's not running in the background. connect to VPN, select the server, now try launching Origin and it should automatically unlock. make sure to put Origin into offline mode and don't allow it to communicate wtih EA's servers otherwise it'll re-lock, also don't quit Origin otherwise you'll have to do it all over again.

No luck dude. Just sat here trying to get in again, finally got on, activated and ran with origin, origin fired up. Moh shows as playable, so I run it and same error "This game has not been unlocked. Please try again later"

 

[cripterion]

Discovered that when you're sprinting and then crouch, you can do a cool slide. I surprised my enemy like that, and got a quick headshot.

 

[iNvid02]

No luck dude. Just sat here trying to get in again, finally got on, activated and ran with origin, origin fired up. Moh shows as playable, so I run it and same error "This game has not been unlocked. Please try again later"

if the game unlocks in one of these countries you can

go here and enter your email to get a code: http://incloak.com/demo/
enter the code in the promo box and you can download the openvpn config files to get 1hr of free vpn useage

copy the config files into the openvpn config folder, boot it up and connect to the server. launch origin and it should unlock.

i've used this plenty of times for steam and origin

 

[Anton Sugar]

Discovered that when you're sprinting and then crouch, you can do a cool slide. I surprised my enemy like that, and got a quick headshot.

You can lean, slide, and dive.

 

[Punkster_NY]

No luck dude. Just sat here trying to get in again, finally got on, activated and ran with origin, origin fired up. Moh shows as playable, so I run it and same error "This game has not been unlocked. Please try again later"

damn well I tried... the good news though is that you've only got six more hours to go. lol

 

[maks]

Discovered that when you're sprinting and then crouch, you can do a cool slide. I surprised my enemy like that, and got a quick headshot.

This was in moh2010 but taken out. Glad to see it back in.

 

[Anton Sugar]

This was in moh2010 but taken out. Glad to see it back in.

I think it was in SP but not MP.

 

[Cudder]

This was in moh2010 but taken out. Glad to see it back in.

What do you mean taken out? It's in the game.

 

[shuckit-]

i unlocked it 2 hours ago then it crashed the game while playing telling me it wasnt unlocked yet

 

[BattleMonkey]

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

Pretty much has worked for all the COD games. Don't look at the shitty low polygon enviros and awful texture work, go go go 60+fps woohoo shit all over my screen and rock riffs! OMG I unlocked something!

 

[Nizz]

Has anyone by chance seen any videos of this on PS3? Was curious to see how that version looks.

 

[KyleN]

Recorded some multiplayer on ultra settings;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tYE9tQSOw

edit: wow, that youtube quality is horrible.

 

[Cudder]

Recorded some multiplayer on ultra settings;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tYE9tQSOw

edit: wow, that youtube quality is horrible.

So, that Signal Scan thing. Is that relegated to a specific loadout, class, or can anyone use it?

Thanks for the footage.

 

[KyleN]

So, that Signal Scan thing. Is that relegated to a specific loadout, class, or can anyone use it?

Thanks for the footage.

Only the Spec ops class can use it.

 

[Cudder]

Only the Spec ops class can use it.

Each class has their own special equipment they can use?

edit: omfg at the melee kills.

 

[zugzug]

Call me when its cheap, just got the first MoH for free the other day from Origin.

Attitudes like this makes me wish EA would revoke everyone who got those games for free.

 

[thegriefer]

Recorded some multiplayer on ultra settings;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tYE9tQSOw

edit: wow, that youtube quality is horrible.

How are you feeling the game right now? Does it seem like it will have long legs? Or will I be going back to bf3 shortly afterwards?

 

[Anton Sugar]

Each class has their own special equipment they can use?

edit: omfg at the melee kills.

Yeah, each class has its own grenades and abilities:

Sniper: Bipod
Assaulter: Grenade Launcher
Demo: Tank Stance
Heavy Gunner: Bipod
Spec Ops: Signal Scan
Point Man: Hi-power ammo

 

[cripterion]

Really not liking the maps, feel restricted. I'll unlock a few more things and go back straight to bf3 or better yet chivalry!
Not all is lost though, there's that bf4 beta invite!

 

[RedSwirl]

Vids are popping up on Youtube.

PC Ultra settings 1080p gameplay

I just saw a leak video of someone playing this level while doing almost nothing, highlighting how ridiculously scripted it is. At this point you're basically an actor in a movie, and it's only really fun if you let yourself fall completely into the illusion of gameplay.

That said, graphically this game looks fucking insane cranked up on PC. I would honestly be satisfied if this is what next gen looked like. Hell, after I build my next system I might buy this game at sub-$20 just to give it a workout.

 

[zedge]

Recorded some multiplayer on ultra settings;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tYE9tQSOw

edit: wow, that youtube quality is horrible.

Maple leaf on the glove is awesome.

Dat BF3 audio.. so good.

I'm too lazy to do this VPN hack thing.

Origin says game is available at 10:01PM tonight.

 

[RoboPlato]

"Looks better in motion" is the universal excuse for a game that looks ass when studied closely and magically gets better when you move around, motion blur in your face and you don't have time to actually look at the style, textures and details.

Funnily enough, the same reasons that you mention are why a game shouldn't be judged in motion are why I think a game should only be judged in motion.

Anyway I'm also looking forward to some ps3 impressions and ro see if the tone and atmosphere of 2010's has been preserved.

 

[Parakeetman]

Im hearing the maps are smaller than MOH2010s is that true? D:

Also anyone got some feedback on how hardcore mode is for MP?

 

[tiny raptor]

Having a pretty big issue with the game. The tutorial instructs you to press the middle mouse button while zoomed in to toggle the scope. Problem is, when I do that, the game goes from fullscreen to windowed mode, and it does not toggle scopes. =/

A magnifying glass also pops up on my screen.

 

[SapientWolf]

Having a pretty big issue with the game. The tutorial instructs you to press the middle mouse button while zoomed in to toggle the scope. Problem is, when I do that, the game goes from fullscreen to windowed mode, and it does not toggle scopes. =/

A magnifying glass also pops up on my screen.

That's pretty meta.

I would double check your Windows accessibility options.

 

[tiny raptor]

That's pretty meta.

I would double check your Windows accessibility options.

I found an option to change the toggle scope button in the key bindings. Felt a little silly.

Impressions so far: single-player is intense. The audiovisual package is sweet. The enemy AI isn't bad either. They'll try to rush and flank you.

I like how, when I screwed up a stealth mission, and it went to full-blown action, I didn't need to restart. I just had to deal with a ton of enemies. After a while, they stopped spawning, and we continued the mission.

In the interest of objectivity, though, there are some things I dislike. Scripted sequences are fine, but when you take control away from the player, that's not fine. A lot of cool shit happens in this game - cranes falling down around you, Little Birds and Apaches blowing the crap out of Somalian pirates, but I want to see that myself. This game takes control away from you, and forces you to look at them. In the case of the helos gunning down pirates, you're forced to look at it through the scope of a sniper rifle, so you can't see everything clearly.

Small complaint, but it does bug me.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Im hearing the maps are smaller than MOH2010s is that true? D:

Also anyone got some feedback on how hardcore mode is for MP?

Some of the maps look pretty weak, though I haven't seen them all. This one looks pretty large.

 

[Neuromancer]

Is the consensus that the campaign is good but short like the first game? or is it too soon to say?

 

[demolitio]

I'm loving the MP on PC like I figured since the last time I played it quite a few months ago. It feels pretty smooth and does have its own feel to it.

 

[Parakeetman]

Some of the maps look pretty weak, though I haven't seen them all. This one looks pretty large.

Thanks for the vid & much appreciated!

will watch with sound off. generally hate vids with people talking in them. D:

Its nice to see in the vid the guys partner is actually using the lean it looks like. Seems to be more of a peek rather than a lean. Am sure it will be useful though, more than sticking out ones whole body anyways.

 

[Kane Zakharov]

I have a 50% coupon from premium if anyone wants it.

Edit: Given away.

 

[demolitio]

Did anyone else on PC not get the preorder stuff? All I have is the double XP from the beta.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Day 1 Patch released... Are you fucking kidding me?

https://help.ea.com/article/medal-of-honor-warfighter-day-1-patch-notes

Intrepid players may have noticed word around the Help Center speaking on Medal of Honor Warfighter's Day 1 Patch.

This patch is for consoles as well as PC and includes a multitude of fixes for both the Single-Player and Multiplayer experience, and our team heartily encourages all Medal of Honor Warfighter players to download and install the patch as soon as they are able.

For those player who are curious as to what these fixes are, you can find the Day 1 Patch Notes below!

New Features:
•Now able to add friends and join parties while in-game.
•Can invite others to your platoon or apply to join a platoon while in-game.

General Tweaks and Fixes
Multiplayer Gameplay
•Removed initial delay to Spec Ops Signal Scan charging.
•Snipers in Recon stance will no longer be visible to enemy RQ7/RQ11 UAVs.
•Increased the accuracy of server-side aiming prediction.
•Fixed an issue with “Fall Back” spawning to improve its behavior.
•Fixed spawn type changing to Buddy Spawn automatically when it is not supposed to.
•Call in a Blackhawk for the losing team if they are getting dominated in Sector Control.

Single-Player Gameplay
•Added tutorial text to first sniper encounter to help teach player about bullet drop.
•Fixed an issue where the default difficulty was set to Easy instead of Normal.
•Fixed an issue where controls would become unresponsive under certain conditions.
•Fixed an issue with one of the in-game cinematics.
•Improved single player stability and fixed progression stoppers.

Matchmaking, Parties, and Platoons
•Smoothed out the matchmaking flow between successful matchmaking and joining the player to the game.
•Players can no longer join an invitation only party without being invited.
•Fixed issues with joining single players together into Fireteams.
•Fixed an issue where Veteran platoon members could not reach Elite status.
•Platoon ownership is now automatically transferred to the most senior member/GM of the platoon when the current leader leaves the
platoon.
•Fixed an issue where a member that is removed from a platoon becomes its leader.
•Fixed an issue where players could not rejoin the same platoon matchmaking server after playing a game on that server.
•If a player leaves one platoon and joins another, their platoon card now properly reflects that change.
•Fixed an issue where the platoon patch would not show up for other members if one member leaves the platoon.
•Fixed another issue where the platoon patch would no longer show up under certain circumstances.
•Sending a platoon invite when both players are in-game now works properly.

Weapons
•Fixed “no scope” shooting. Players were getting immediate ADS accuracy without having to wait for the scope to come all the way up. Was very exploitable for snipers.
•Sped up the bolt action on the CS5, since it was longer than the TAC300.
•Fixed issue with gap between where the LTLM can’t fire and where it indicates the target is too close.
•Reduced the damage/range of the Demolition’s SMGs (Scar PDW, HK 416c, Suchka), as they were overpowered.
•Made switching between primary and secondary weapons much more responsive.
•Fixed an issue where a grenade would not be thrown the next time if the user switches to their weapon while cooking a grenade.
•Player will now switch back to their secondary weapon if that is the weapon in use when throwing their last grenade.
•Fixed an issue where aiming was pushing the player away from the wall they were standing next to.
•Fixed clearance check for placing the Radar Jammer.
•Fixed auto-ADS not working when peek-and-leaning while prone.
•Implemented pre-streaming for weapons to reduce the time from spawn to ready-to-fire to be 0 seconds in most cases. Down from around 2 seconds prior to this fix.

UI and User Experience
Navigation
•Made the start button responsive as soon as the player enters the first menu screen.
•Simplified the way players navigate and select in the My Gun and Class Select menus.
•Fixed the way the UI handles scrolling, including speed and correct scroll bar position.
•Cleaned up a number of other small navigation quirks and issues.

User Experience
•Servers in the Server Browser are now sorted based on ping, giving priority to servers closest to the player.
•Filtering servers by name now works properly.
•Fixed an issue where changes in My Gun and My Soldier were not being retained when joining a game via the Quick Match or Matchmaking options in the MP Lobby.
•Optimized the login flow into Multiplayer.
•Updated the MP Lobby to include a shortcut to creating a Party.
•Quick Match button in the MP Lobby is now contextual, and will change to Platoon Matchmaking if you are in a Platoon Party.
•Fixed the Server Browser filter to properly sort for games that have 6+ open slots.
•Fixed a 20 second hang during the Online Pass flow.
•We now keep the queuing message open as long as the player is still queuing.
•Clean up notification numbers when a new item is viewed.
•Various other flow and user experience optimizations.

Visual Polish
•We now turn off the HUD when we start to show the outro scoreboard.
•Fixed display of text in disabled dropdowns.
•Fixed some subtitle lines being cut off.
•Removed hints and tips from the loading screens that were no longer valid.
•Fixed the Player Banners to display the correct rank icon and number.
•Fixed placement of auto-save icon on CRT TVs.
•Fixed HUD elements not showing in certain cases.
•Fixed animations in the post-match screens as they show the player’s progression.
•Fixed the timer not displaying in the post-match screens.
•Fixed player name tags not showing up in-game in Home Run.
•Icons are now scaled on the sniper’s mini-map when they are using the bipod.
•Updated the art used in the Player Banner.
•Fixed some camera issues on level entry.
•Fixed the demolitions class mask display in certain situations.
•Fixed an issue that would cause some images not to display properly.
•Various other alignment, corruption, overlap and visual improvements and fixes.

Misc Fixes
•Fixed an issue where the Battlelog social hub introduction was showing every time you opened the Battlelog social hub.
•VOIP team channel no longer includes players from the other team.
•Round cycling no longer changes VOIP settings for the players
•Fixed an issue with VOIP in the Home Run game mode.
•Fixed an issue where Double XP was not being awarded to players who had both logged on to medalofhonor.com and who had played on a multiplayer server.
•Fixed an issue where the Global Warfighter medal was not being awarded after players had completed a tour with each class.
•Fixed muffled firing sounds when scope is zoomed in.
•Localization fixes, in both audio and text.

Additional Fixes Made on PC and PS3
Multiplayer Gameplay
•Improved the camera for the Apache.
•Improved the aiming of the rockets in the Apache.
•Improved Blackhawk functionality in Novi Grad Warzone.
•Fixed a bug in the rules for pre-round in Combat Mission.
•Fixed a couple of out of bounds issues in Sarajevo Stadium.
•Fixed an out of bounds issue in Basilan Aftermath.
•Fixed a bad spawn point in Team Deathmatch in Somalia Stronghold.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue that prevented 17-year old users from playing online.

Visual Polish
•Fixed an issue where support action icons were overlapping each other.
•Kill messages should now better match timing within gameplay.
•Improved readability of kill messages.
•Fixed visual effects issue in Tungawan Jungle.
•Fixed mini-map issue in Shogore Valley.
•Improved visual fidelity of some of the flag images.
•Smoothed transitions between screens in the Mulitplayer menus.
•Fixed a visual glitch when adjusting the brightness in the Options menu.
•Fixed a bug where the News in the MP Lobby was not showing up.

Misc Fixes
•Removed Quit Game from the Top Navigation Bar in the in-game pause menu and placed it under “Last Resort” in the Respawn Menu.
•Fixed a case of an explosion not playing the correct audio.
•Various audio mix updates.
•(PS3 – Japan) Various stability fixes.
•Fixed functionality and list updates for Favorite and Recent servers.
•Players with chat restrictions are no longer allowed to create their own platoon.
•Platoon names and tags are now restricted to no more than 3 numerals each.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed two issues related to platoon names and chat-restricted accounts.
•Fixed an issue with invites specific to PS3 and PC where the player would get stuck on a black screen.
•Various stability and performance improvements.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue related to save file size calculation.

Additional Fixes Made on Xbox 360
•Improved the handling of memory cards and saved profiles.
•Improved handling of parties and Fireteam designations in Platoon matches.
•Fixed an issue related to progression loss if the user removes the storage device.
•Fixed an issue where a player’s class was changing without their input.
•Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, brand new players were forced to play with a placeholder weapon in multiplayer until
their first death.
•Stability improvements.

Additional Fixes Made on PC
•Fixed an issue where controller prompts were showing even though a controller was not plugged in.
•Mouse wheel now works with all scrolling lists in the game.

 

[Parakeetman]

Day 1 patch notes.
https://help.ea.com/article/medal-of-honor-warfighter-day-1-patch-notes

Leaving a link since would make the post too long otherwise.

*Beaten!

Glad that they at least had a patch ready to fix things on release. Makes sense if all of this stuff did not make it into the approved final build of the game. So they had to ready the patch in the mean time with all of the fixes and such.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Just played the first 3 missions on PC

- This game looks really good. Theres a definite Battlefield 3 look and feel to everything, but it doesn't feel exactly the same
- I like the breaching options. They amount to the same thing in the end but choice is nice I guess
- I like how you can change from regular sights to scopes and back again on the fly
- There was a weird glitch where between missions the game lowered the resolution on me and I had to change it back in the options again. Weird.
- Looks like theres 13 missions in total based on the mission select screen. I played for about 45 minutes and just got to mission 4. I hope the missions get longer.
- I'm getting very similar framerates with this game as I do in BF3. Everything maxed with 4xAA and I'm getting over 60 FPS.

But still, overall so far I'm really liking this game

 

[Stephen_drewz]

Yep 50% off for BF3 Premium users

Is this only if you buy through origin?

 

[jet1911]

The gunplay is really good as is the sound. I'm getting 60fps with everything set to Ultra.

 

[demolitio]

Well, my preorder sniper just randomly unlocked in BL so I guess it just took a few games to register...lol

Anyone who needs a battle buddy on PC, add Demolitio on Origin. Usually at the top but can't keep a teammate for the life of me.

 

[Sober]

Day 1 Patch released... Are you fucking kidding me?

https://help.ea.com/article/medal-of-honor-warfighter-day-1-patch-notes

Day 0/1 patches aren't even worth complaining about anymore. It just means that the team kept working on the game rather than having it go gold then sitting on their hands until post-launch complaints. Also defers piracy I guess?

Is this only if you buy through origin?

I bought it through the webstore, I haven't been on the client for while, but it looks like they more or less synched up their web store and their client storefront rather than keeping them separate.

I believe you can use any code even if you don't have BF3 premium, but someone with it has to give it away.

 

[Stephen_drewz]

I bought it through the webstore, I haven't been on the client for while, but it looks like they more or less synched up their web store and their client storefront rather than keeping them separate.

I believe you can use any code even if you don't have BF3 premium, but someone with it has to give it away.

Ok thanks. I have bought it from my local retail store. I thought it might have emailed when you activate your cd key or something.

I have bf3 premiun

 

[maks]

What do you mean taken out? It's in the game.

Oops. I got it mixed up with kicking grenades. That got taken out of moh2010 single player.